Back in 1993 when Snoop Doggy Dogg first appeared on the scene with his name-laden-chorus-hook song "Who Am I? What's My Name?", I had the idea of doing a parody of that song about the comic strip "Peanuts", its main character Charlie Brown, and of course his dog Snoopy. I wrote the idea down in my notebook, but never started working on it mainly because I assumed that somebody somewhere was going to do the same idea. I figured everyone else was thinking the exact same thing that I was; that it was very, very silly that a supposedly big-bad, scary, tough gangsta rapper seriously named himself after a world famous cartoon dog.
17 or so years later, I'm going through my old notebooks looking for lost undone song ideas to talk about on my podcast, and I found "Snoopy The Dogg" written on my very first list of song parody ideas, and my mind boggled at the fact that to this day, still, nobody had ever recorded a comedy song tying "Snoop" to "Snoopy". And since Charles Schulz was such a huge inspiration to me both in art and comedy when I was very young, I figured it was time for me to stop being so wishy-washy and make this tribute tune a reality.
Backup vocals by Carrie Dahlby [the little red haired girl], cameo vocals by Chris Mezzolesta [beagle scout leader], Insane Ian [isn't he the cutest thing?], and the Stacey [naturally curly hair]. Music by Jared Ringold [sly dog], additional instrumentation and mixdown by Bob Emmet [Daisy Hill Puppy Farmer].
NOTE: This song won the award for "Outstanding Comedy Song" of 2012 at the Logan Whitehurst Memorial Awards for Excellence in Comedy Music. www.loganawards.com
{Peppermint Patty: Hey maestro, how's about a little tune to liven up the evening?... That's what I like about you Chuck, you really know how to throw a party.}
[*trombone teacher sounds*]
{Lucy: Augh! I've been kissed by a dog! I have dog germs! Get hot water! Get some disinfectant! Get some iodine!
Snoopy: Waaaah!}
Snoopy the dog!
Snoopy the dog!
From the streets of St. Paul, come home, I bounce.
Snoopy the dog, snoozin' atop my dog house.
I may play it Joe Cool, but I know my place,
As a world famous World War One flying ace.
T'was a dark and stormy night, when I grabbed my ammo,
Faced that curse-ed Red Baron in my Sopwith Camel. {Snoopy: Whooa!}
I'm livin' my life as I wish,
And I do a happy dance when there's food in my dish.
If Woodstock is ever under attack, (Flabby fat cat!)
I'll smack the cat next door, because I got my birdie's back!
(Yeah, the king of 4-panel strips,
We rule United Feature Syndicate!)
What's my supper-lovin' name?
Snoopy the dog!
Snoopy the dog!
[vocalists scat to the tune of "Linus and Lucy"]
It's the round-headed kid, sigh and a frown,
On the pitcher's mound, Good Ol' Charlie Brown.
Gonna win the baseball game is his big belief.
A line drive blew his clothes off again. {Linus: Good Grief!}
Peppermint Patty calls him 'Chuck', and thinks he's fine,
But it's the little red-haired girl who gets his Valentine.
Lucy's a thug, watch her lie like a rug,
Pull the football away, he flies and lands with a (UGH!)
No shock, he's a blockhead who always gets mocked.
Christmas gets him down, on Halloween he got a rock.
After losing yet another to the Kite-Eating Tree,
He said, ["Why is everybody always picking on me?"]
Snoopy the dog!
Snoopy the dog!
[Ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty or more,
The Bloody Red Baron was rollin' out the score.
Eighty men died tryin' to end that spree
Of the Bloody Red Baron of Germany.]
Now Linus believes the Great Pumpkin's in the air.
The blanket-toting thumb-sucker just don't care. (Yeah.)
Sally's 'sweet babboo' won't face the truth.
Needs some help from the nickel psychiatry booth. {Lucy: Nickels, nickels!}
Lucy's temper is huge.
Begrudge a fuss-budget who dislikes my pooch smooch. {Lucy: Bleah!}
Thinks to Schoeder she's bethrothen,
But he just ignores her, playin' Beethoven.
Steppin' with Peppermint Patty.
A tomboy with Marcie doting on her. (Don't call me 'sir'!)
But forget all them, 'cause there's no equal to me, the street beagle. {Snoopy: Hey!}
What's my Charles-Schulz-in' name?
Snoopy the dog!
Snoopy the dog!
Snoopy the dog!
Snoopy the dog!
[vocalists scat to the tune of "Linus and Lucy"]
[spoken over outro:]
Hey, what's this cloud of smoke? Oh, it's just Pig-Pen.
Let's go meet up with Franklin at Knott's Berry Farm, only 10 miles from the LBC.
Thanks for everything Sparky. We miss you. Peace.
[No dogs allowed.
Fee fee fi fi fo fo fum,
Who wears a yellow shirt with a zigzag on the front?
Walks in the classroom cool and slow,
Racin' for his life at 8 years old.
B – E – A – G – E – L !]
{Charlie Brown: Rats!}
{Lucy: I oughta slug you!... You blockhead!}
{Charlie Brown: Why can't I have an ordinary dog like everybody else?}
credits
from Be Amused By Me,
track released March 8, 2011
Lyrics & vocals by the great Luke Ski
Backup vocals by Carrie Dahlby
cameo vocals by Chris Mezzolesta, Insane Ian, and the Stacey
Music by Jared Ringold
additional instrumentation and mixdown by Bob Emmet
"the great Luke Ski" is The Dr. Demento Show's most requested artist of the 21st Century. His parodies and original songs
about pop-culture have made him a favorite performer at fandom conventions all across the country. Founding member of The Funny Music Project, aka 'the FuMP' .com .
Luke Ski is an animation Storyboarder, Writer, & Voice-Over Actor.
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